Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 6: A blast today took place in a tempo vehicle outside the Tulip Garden in Srinagar in which the driver of the vehicle got injured.
A police official said that a cylinder blast took place inside a tempo vehicle parked outside the Tulip Garden Srinagar. “In the incident, the driver of the vehicle got injured,” he said, adding that there was no need to panic. The driver was shifted to a nearby hospital where he is being treated.
However, TRF claimed that it was a sticky bomb blast. Security forces have recovered sticky bombs in Jammu and Kashmir in the past but so far they were never used.
Meanwhile, a police spokesman said that this afternoon at around 2:35 pm, one blast took place on the rear end of a tempo vehicle in the car parking of Botanical Gardens which caused localised damage to the rear door of the vehicle.
“Prima facie, the blast seems to be accidental in nature, most probably caused due to a cylinder or other pressure equipment failure. The driver Amjad Ali is grievously injured and has been taken to the hospital for treatment. FSL team is on job and checking the vehicle to rule out any other probability,” the police spokesman said.
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